Toy.



J. L. HOPER.

TOY.

APPLIOATION FILED APR.?-0, 1912.

Patented Oct. 29, 1912.

awww/to@ the lower portion to provide lateral shoulders 1S. The uppermember 11 is provided JOSEPH L. HOFER, OF BRIDGEWATER, SOUTH DAKOTA.

TOY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented 9ct. 29, 1912.

Application filed April 30, 1912. Serial No. 694,192.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that l, JOSEPH L. HoFnR, a i citizen of the United States,residing at Bridgewater, in the county of McCook and State of SouthDakota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in rloys, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to mechanical toys, and has for one of itsobjects to provide a simply constructed device which will instruct andamuse, and wherein the movements of a double-acting trip hammer areillustrated.

VVit-h these and other objects in view, the invention consists incertain novel features of construction as hereafter shown and described,and then specifically pointed out in the claims, and in the drawingsillustrative of the preferred embodiment of the invention: Figure 1 is aperspective view of the improved toy; Fig. 2 is a side elevation partlyin section.

Corresponding` and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the samereference characters.

The improved toy comprises upper and lower members 10-11 slidablyengaging face to face or in superimposed relations. The members 10-11may be of any required size, and the member 10 is extended at one end toform a hand-grip portion 12. The lower member 11 is preferably widerthan the upper member 10, as shown, to enable the device to be graspedmore readily, and is provided near its ends with slots 13-14 throughwhich pins 15-16 extend. Rising from the lower member 10 preferablymidway of its ends, is a standard 17 reduced at with an intermediateslot 19 through which the standard 17 extends, and with the reducedportion of the standard operating in the slot. It will be noted that theshoulders 18 project over the upper face of the member 11 alongside theslot 19, and thus holds the member 11 slidably coupled to the member 10.Near its ends the member 11 is provided with slots 20-21 Pivoted uponthe pin 15 within the slot 13, and extending through the slot 20, is anarm 22 having a hammer 23 at its outer end, while a similar arm 241- ispivoted upon the pin 16 and extends through the slot 21 and is providedwith a hammer 25 at its outer end. The arms 22-24 are so proportioned asto length that when moved into their inward position the hammers 23-25will strike the upper end of the standard 17, the latter being inclinedso that the face of the hammers will strike fairly upon the standard. Bythis arrangement it will be obvious that when the member 11 is movedinto one position, the inner end of the slot 20 will engage the arm 22,and throw the latter with its hammer 23 into outward posit-ion as shownat the left in Fig. 1, and at the same time the outer end of the slot 21will engage against the arm 24 and throw the latter inwardly with itshammer 25 in engagement with the standard 17. Then when the member 11 ismoved into the opposite direction the arms and their hammers will bereversed in position, as will be obvious. By this simple means animitation of the action of a double-acting trip hammer is produced bymerely moving the member 11 back and forth, within the range of the slot19.

The improved device is simple in construction, can be inexpensivelymanufactured, and will produce amusement and instruction.

Having thus described the invention,what is claimed as new is:

1. A mechanical toy comprising an upper and a lower member slidablyengaging face to face and provided with registering slots near the ends,said upper member being further supplied with an intermediate slot, astandard connected to said lower member and extending through theintermediate slot, and holding the upper and lower members 'slidably insuperimposed relations, and arms pivoted in the terminal slots of thelower member and extending through the terminal slots of the uppermember and provided respectively with hammers at their outer ends,whereby when the upper member is moved longitudinally of the lowermember, the arms will be caused to swing alternately upon their pivotsand cause t-he hammers to alternately engage upon the standard.

2. A mechanical toy comprising an upper and a lower member slidablyengaging face to face, said upper member being provided with slots nearthe ends and with an intermediate slot, a standard connected to saidlower member and extending through the intermediate slot, and armspivoted to the lower member and extending through the terminal Slots ofthe upper member and provided respectively with hammers at their outerende, whereby when the upper member is moved longitudinally of the lowermem ber, the arms will be caused to Swing alternately upon their pivotsand cause the hammers to alternately engage upon the stand ard.

3. A mechanical toy comprising an upper and a lower member slidablydisposed in superimposed relations, said upper member having slotsspaced apart, a standard eX- tending' from said lower member, means formaintaining said upper and lower member slidably in superimposedrelations, and arms having hammere at one end and extending through saidslots and pivoted in the lower member.

In testimony whereof I atlix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH L. HOFER. [ne] litnesses ALEX H. MOYER, D. M. Home.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of :Patents9 Washington, D. C.

